18 Nov 09
Currently on his fourth deployment to Afghanistan, Royal Navy Surgeon Commander Graham Hill believes that this is his hardest tour so far.
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Check out this video showing postal packages arriving in Afghanistan for distribution to the troops!
The link shows footage of service members volunteering at a Post Office in Afghanistan to sort through more than 200,000 pounds of holiday [...]
Staff Sgt. Michael E. Norton [Photo credit Tracy A. Bailey]Dec 9, 2009
By Tracy A. Bailey, 75th Ranger Regiment Public Affairs
12/10/2009 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen greets members of the U.S. Naval Academy Pep Band and cheerleaders as they rally in the Pentagon Dec. 10, 2009, in anticipation of the 103rd annual Army Navy football game. [...] 
NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Anne MacDonald, deputy to the commanding general of the Afghan National Police Development, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, congratulates new recruits at Afghanistan’s first female exclusive ANP training center in Jalalabad. MacDonald attended the grand opening to celebrate a [...] 
A NG two-fer:Guardsmen’s instincts and training save day after car crash By Tech. Sgt. Thomas Kielbasa
Florida National Guard
Crowds of well-wishers cheer soldiers of 4th Battalion The Rifles as they march through the streets of Salisbury [Picture: Adrian Harlen, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] 9 Dec 09
Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Elsey
Meet Major Darin Gaub:During his first deployment, Gaub served as an [...]
Col. C.J. Read, commander of the 96th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and a resident of Layton, Utah, passes out candy to students in a Taji area school as part of “Operation Back to School,” Nov. 22. Photo courtesy of the 13th Sustainment Command [...] 
Under the watchful eye of Afghan Army guard 'look-outs' perched on top of four-wheel drive Ranger vehicles, a British Army Veterinary [...]
Spc. Michael P. Garton & Spc. Rolando R. Flores
26 Nov 09
To mark their return from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, 300 soldiers from both 3 and 4 Logistic Support Regiments marched through the town of Abingdon in [...]
26 Nov 09
Royal Navy swimmers have recently torpedoed through the water, battling against competitors from 92 different countries, to bring home a haul of 48 medals from the World Masters Games in Sydney.
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Rear Adm. Ned Deets
By Jessica Rinaldi for USA TODAY Lt. Col. Houck and Army Warrant Officer Carlton Royster, 30, of Philadelphia, pray together during a farewell event for the III Corps Special Troops Battalion on the verge of deploying to Iraq.
One of the first-ever female Iraqi Police officers to attend and complete training at the Baghdad Police College proudly poses for a photo following the BPC’s latest graduation ceremony, Nov. 9. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Edwin L. Wriston, Joint Combat Camera Center - [...] 20 Nov 09
Part of the new Counter-IED Task Force in Helmand, Royal Navy Petty Officer Jane Watkins is using a biometric database system to help track down those who make and deploy the [...]
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the new senior enlisted leader assigned to the Office of the Chief, National Guard Bureau, is seen at the 2009 Joint Senior Leadership Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 19, [...] 
11/12/2009 - A U.S. Soldier speaks to residents during a walk-and-talk through a market in Nassir Wa Salaam, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2009. During the walk through, the Soldiers, who are assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment (Manchus), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, spoke [...] 
Staff Sgt. Dennisur Thompson
Meet Major Robert Nesbit, Jr:In the military you adapt to the mission and the hours. For Army MAJ Robert Nesbit Jr., that meant performing about 99% of his missions at night. He was deployed to Iraq from June 2006 to [...]
Found the following on the NG site. Putting any politics aside, this woman's story is interesting:By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
Defense Media Activity
Isn't that a wonderful smile?A young girl stares out the window of the Hojarat School for Boys and Girls watching the school's grand opening celebration in Basrah, Nov. 5. Photo by Spc. Samantha Ciaramitaro, Joint Combat Camera Center-Iraq.' [...]
Staff Col. Abbas, 3rd Brigade, 29th Iraqi Army Division, meets one of the young Iraqi children who benefited from the wheelchairs the 29th IA brought to Rutbah, Oct. 25. Photo courtesy of the 82nd Airborne Division. 12 Nov 09
As if looking after yourself on an operational tour isn't enough, one Major in Afghanistan has the responsibility of ensuring that 400 soldiers within 10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic' [...]
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In the line of fire: Fort Hood first responders heroically save lives Nov 7, 2009
By Staff Sgt. Joy Pariante, Special Troops Battalion, III Corps
Photo credit Dave Melancon (U.S. Army Europe) 26 Oct 09
Iraqi Air Force (IAF) officers Lieutenants Barzan Barzani and Arzhang Zebari received their IAF pilot 'wings' when they graduated from RAF Cranwell on Friday 23 October 2009.
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29 Oct 09
2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES) are currently returning home from Afghanistan. One of their last missions in Helmand was to provide security for an Afghan Government-run shura to take place [...]
Spc. Justin Slagle
Meet First Lieutenant Travis Manion:Many believe that leadership is an innate quality rather than something learned. If this is a valid belief then First Lieutenant Travis L. Manion was certainly born a leader. Manion began his military [...]
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